Freestone County, Texas Obituaries [Ben married Laura Ethel Arnold in Donie on 14 May 1906. He died 1 Nov 1945.] Unknown Houston newspaper - Nov. 1945 Benjamin Joseph Blackstone, 71, of 5211 Inker, died at 10:45 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura E. Blackstone of Houston; five daughters, Mrs. Jessie D. Billings, Mrs. Alice Bond, Mrs. Josie Dishongon and Miss Dorothy Blackstone, all of Houston, and Mrs. Maggie Mae Thomas of Boise, Idaho; seven sons, Albert Douglas Blackstone of Los Angeles Cal., Victor C. Blackstone of Bradenton, Fla., Earnest Blackstone of the air corps; Lee R. , David H., Robert E. and Jimmie G. Blackstone, all of Houston; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services at 4 p.m. Monday at the Hyde Park Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Murphy officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Garden of Memories. Pallbearers: Clarence J. Ashford, Clyde S. Ashford, Omer and Clifton Otis, Edward S. Key and Walter Sanders. Hyde Park Funeral Home.